School Culture

In class after we read about school culture and filling out surveys about the school culture of our high schools I soon learned during discussion that my high school was very different than some of the other students in my class. Whereas some school may not let students voice their own opinions or want to hear the ideas they have for the school my high school was very different. The deans and principal encouraged student involvement even though like every other school we had those students who could care less and sat in the back of the classroom counting down the seconds till they could leave, the majority of the student population was extremely involved. Between sports, theater projects, or even clubs, the student body was very involved in everything. For example I myself was involved in three different sports ranging throughout the year and I was a part of ten or more student clubs and after school activities.

It was weird of me to hear students saying the opposite of what I experienced. Saying that their schools didn’t have much student involvement or clubs for students to participate in.

This chapter about school culture really opened my eyes to the differences between schools in different areas in the world. Some schools only care about the testing and the grades the students end up with, others fight problems about race and culture that are developing outside in the community around the school. And others such as ones in Africa that was mentioned in our book have a lot less than what we have here.

Learning about different school cultures really made me realize the difference that occurs in schools worldwide.